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I found the adjustment
quite difficult.
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It was quite hard to
be away from home,
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but then again, you're
living in a flat
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with lots of people that
are in the same boat as you.
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And it's just the adjustment
of being independent, I think.
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You're responsible for
everything that you do.
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Think the most
important advice that I
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can give is just to be
completely organised
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and on top of all your work.
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Just really get to
grips with your course
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and become an
independent person,
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and not having to
rely on people,
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because it's all
about your time.
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Get out there.
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Be outgoing.
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Try all the clubs and societies.
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It's very important for
personal development.
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But I'd also say, remember
at the end of the day
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you're here to get a degree.
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And focus on getting a job.
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So you need to balance
those two things up.
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When you get to university,
, you need to make friends.
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You need to find
your social groups.
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You need to feel
like you're actually
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part of the union as well.
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There's much more to
it than your faculty,
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or more specifically
your department.
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I think work hard, play hard.
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It's important to put
effort into your studies
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because that's why
you come to uni.
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But you can't just
be a social recluse.
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You need to make
friends as well,
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otherwise you're going
to have a rubbish time.
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It really is up to
you to do things
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properly and do your own work.
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There's nobody nagging you
in the same way at school.
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You have to really
put the effort in.
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If you don't hand in coursework
or turn up to lectures nothing
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will happen.
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You might get a meeting
with your tutor,
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but no disciplinary
action will be
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taken unless it gets
to extreme levels,
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so you're the one that's
going to lose out.
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Throw yourself into your
subject because that's
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how you'll enjoy it.
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You want to come out of
this with a good degree.
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That's why you're doing it.
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I enjoyed my first year
a lot, to say the least.
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I made so many new friends,
learned so many new things.
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And I can just urge people
who are applying to university
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and maybe not considering
going to university.
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It is a great experience,
and I wouldn't change it
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for the world.
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